Here is South Dakota we stayed at the most beautiful campground, the best we have seen, the Hart Ranch.

The next day we went to Mt Rushmore and Custer State Park. Mt Rushmore visitor center was so crowded but the view was stupendous. How anyone could have climbed all over that mountain to create such a piece of art if hard to fathom. I certainly would not have been able to do it and probably most of the people reading this could not even imagine doing this. But I am thankful that one man have a dream and was able to complete the work. Now millions of people every year come to see what he did.

Custer State Park was a real great place to ride through on a motorcycle.  The winding roads and beautiful views were a great experience.  We saw wild life, a buffalo on the side of the road, wild horses, and others.  The spires in the section called needles were so awesome.  We loved this park.  We covered Mt Rushmore and the park in the same day and were very tired when we got back to the RV.  However, the next couple days it rained so it was good that we pushed to complete all of that in the one day.

It was just a couple of days before the big motorcycle rally there and so many people were  family had when I was young. We drove through Sturgis with the RV on our way to North Dakota the day before the rally began. What a crowd of people in town and for miles around. Looks like every farmer and homeowner opened up their place to RV’s.   We were told that they expected 750,000 motorcycle riders to attend. Glad I got out-of-town before they all get there.

After this we drove through North Dakota on our way across the northern states. We went through Minnesota, Wisconsin, and along the northern edge of Lake Michigan to Standish Michigan. There we visited a railway museum and a small park on Lake . Water as far as you can see!! Our next stop is Niagara Falls in New York. Hope you enjoy your vicarious journey through the eyes of the Calips. May God bless you richly till the next blog and beyond.